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  • The Great Gatsby, Fitsgerald

    The Great Gatsby, Fitsgerald

    Forms of power are ubiquitous in The Great Gatsby. It's the ability to control others, resources or events. It might lead to a conflict between those who have power and those who don't. In GG, violence is extremely important since it's ubiquitous and since it stands for a form of power. Primarily, Tom is the most violent character of the whole novel as much as he is the most unlikable person. He tries to take

    3 201 Mots / 13 Pages
  • THE MIGRATORY WAVE IN EUROPE

    THE MIGRATORY WAVE IN EUROPE

    THE MIGRATORY WAVE IN EUROPE INTRODUCTION Since a few months, European Countries watched several thousand of migrants cross Mediterranean Sea to join Europe. Most of them embarked on crowded boats. The others walked during several days with some personal items. This journey was very dangerous and European Countries counted several hundred deaths especially by drowning. How and why this situation happened? The main cause is the civil war in Syria. Indeed, this war began four

    1 659 Mots / 7 Pages
  • POLITICS IN THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN PERIOD

    POLITICS IN THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN PERIOD

    POLITICS IN THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN PERIOD Bill = when Parliament makes the law, this law is called and ACT when a BILL is passed, it becomes and ACT a BILL is a proyet that becomes an act 1832 REFORM BILL Extended the franchise (the right to vote) And the BILL was passed in the middle of a social and political crises It was first of all an economic crises, with very high unemployment rate

    7 747 Mots / 31 Pages
  • "Space and exchanges", do global cities really have influence over the world?

    "Space and exchanges", do global cities really have influence over the world?

    The notion of: “Space and exchanges” Today I’m going to talk about the notion “Space and exchanges”. The different spaces of the world are nowadays more and more connected to each of the world. An exchange is a general movement. The exchanges can appear on many forms: people, trade, information. Do global cities really have influence over the world? In the first part, we will see the good impact over the world, secondly we will

    369 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Implications of Zamboanga Siege to Money, Credit, Banking and The Economic Activities of Zamboanga City

    Implications of Zamboanga Siege to Money, Credit, Banking and The Economic Activities of Zamboanga City

    Implications of Zamboanga Siege to Money, Credit, Banking and The Economic Activities of Zamboanga City The Zamboanga siege caused by the Moro National Liberation Front or MNLF contributed to a temporary stop of business operations in the city. It was one way to assure the safety of the citizens from what was happening outside the different structures in the city. But because of the cease of operations, both the city and its citizens were affected

    3 680 Mots / 15 Pages
  • Oral d'anglais, idea of progress: to what extent the world hqs evolved?

    Oral d'anglais, idea of progress: to what extent the world hqs evolved?

    Oral Anglais : Idées de progrès : I have drawn the notion "Ideas of progress", an idea of progress is a transformation towards the best in a particular field, evolution towards a satisfactory result, evolution of humanity, of the civilization. Nowadays, the world has evolved in many areas. The question we ask ourselves in order to study the notion is to what extent has the world evolved? To answer the question we will see the

    404 Mots / 2 Pages
  • What are the impacts/avantages and drawbacks of social networks on our future life ?

    What are the impacts/avantages and drawbacks of social networks on our future life ?

    Anglais Today I am going to talk about social networks. A social network is a website or an application which is free, you just have to give your personnal informations. It’s a way of communication and to be close to people. So what are the impacts/avantages and drawbacks of social networks on our future life ? To illustrate the notion of Porgress, we studied in class the theme of Facebook, and the person who have

    676 Mots / 3 Pages
  • If music reflects the mood of an age, what can you say about music of today?

    If music reflects the mood of an age, what can you say about music of today?

    J.G November 25, 2012 If music reflects the mood of an age, what can you say about music of today? We have been playing music since the Ancient Times, but music has always had a different meaning depending upon ages, places, and generations. For example, the Greek’s and Roman’s music had a divine and beneficial dimension, while in some Native American civilization it had some evil power. But whatever the age, for the Eurasian people,

    510 Mots / 3 Pages
  • Reasons of the American Revolutions

    Reasons of the American Revolutions

    Armand BEAUDOR 12/01/2017 US History Ms Jester How did new colonial implement by the British after 1763 change American attitudes toward the king, Parliament, the English constitution? After 1763, American attitudes toward the British government worsened drastically because of the British and American different views, as well as British laws. One of these nations’ disagreement was over which assembly should rule. British attached weight to the parliament, which governed the entire Empire and represented the

    699 Mots / 3 Pages
  • The excesses of globalization

    The excesses of globalization

    Wordbox: global/globalization – a network – to connect – a principle – to participate in sth – an assumption The excesses of globalization A sweatshop is a factory where workers are exploited and not allowed (être autorisé à) to unionize (se syndiquer). You might not sweat(transpirer) in a sweatshop, but you probably work hard (travailler dur) and under lousy (minable, pourri) conditions. In a sweatshop, workers slave away in poor conditions for low pay (un

    560 Mots / 3 Pages
  • The European Stability Mecanism

    The European Stability Mecanism

    Arthur PEILLON Academic year 2016-2017 Rayan SABOURI course: European Integration The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Homework made as part of the 1st year of the International Business and Law program (IBL) at IESEG School of Management and Faculté Libre de Droit Introduction The European debt crisis represents a series of financial events that affected, since the beginning of 2010, the economies of the Member States of the European Union, whose reference currency was the euro.

    3 498 Mots / 14 Pages
  • How compatible is the freedom of the press with celebrities' right to privacy?

    How compatible is the freedom of the press with celebrities' right to privacy?

    * How compatible is the freedom of the press with celebrities’ right to privacy ? * * Freedom of the press is an essential right for the actual society. Freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression. Press is a source of entertainment and information for people around the world. They want to know what’s going on around the world. Some prefer gossips medias. This is where freedom of the press and

    373 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Espace et échanges: What are the different aspects of tourism ?

    Espace et échanges: What are the different aspects of tourism ?

    This notion deals with the géographical an d symbolic areas that all societies occupy and the interaction between men and different societites, Our world is built on the exploration and conquest of new spaces, The different cultural, economies, sociological and language interactions have shapped and characterized pur modern day world. What's the different aspect of tourism ? Firstly iwill speak about the tourism, the mass tourism and responsable tourism, in a second time i'll speak

    956 Mots / 4 Pages
  • Myth and heroes: Which was the influence of these people (heroes) on the world ?

    Myth and heroes: Which was the influence of these people (heroes) on the world ?

    I've picked out notion of myth and heroes. First, I am going to give a definition of the notion, a myth can be defined as a story about heroes or tradition or false notion. A hero can be mythological person or superhero maybe an icon for peoples. Then I am going to try to answer the following question : Which was the influence of these people on the world ? I'm a first part I

    369 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Idea of progress, the bundaries of science

    Idea of progress, the bundaries of science

    ENGLISH ORAL : THE BOUNDARIES  OF SCIENCE Notion abordée : Idea of progress Problématique : Is scientific progress above ethics? henrietta lacks (book) implant to plug brain into supercomputers designer babies gender selection: in india, abortion of girls on the rise First I shall define progress: progress is a development towards a better condition and therefore it implies changes. Indeed throughout history we went from a medicine that treats to a medicine that attempts to upgrade

    820 Mots / 4 Pages
  • Chandigarh the beautiful city

    Chandigarh the beautiful city

    CHANDIGARH was the first planned city after independence from the British rule in 1947 and she is the vision and the dream city of India's first Prime Minister, Sh. Jawahar Lal Nehru combined with the path breaking planning concepts of the internationally renowned architect Le Corbusier it is known as the innvoator of one of the best experiments in urban planning and modern architecture in the twentieth century, so they have together helped create one

    434 Mots / 2 Pages
  • The power of money

    The power of money

    The power of money Thank you very much, it’s a pleasure to be here in the United Nations Headquarters and most of all its my pleasure and my honor to welcome you all here. So let me start this speech off by introducing myself, my name is Jack Napier and I’m here today as the CEO of the Fair Trade organization so as to present to you today about our issues of the power of

    791 Mots / 4 Pages
  • Notion idea of progress: Do medical progresses represent the idea of progress?

    Notion idea of progress: Do medical progresses represent the idea of progress?

    ORAL 2 I’m going to deal with the notion of Idea of Progress. I will illustrate this topic through the study of the progress in the medicine area. Progress is the idea that advances in technology, science, and social organization can produce an improvement in the human condition. It is associated with ethics. Ethics is the basic concepts and fundamental principles of decent human conduct. They include the study of universal values, human or natural

    744 Mots / 3 Pages
  • The handmaids tale chapter 46 notes

    The handmaids tale chapter 46 notes

    Chapter 46 * Waiting! * „crumpled stars “ * Physical Stars * She had them on her dress * They = stars of hope * When she & commander -> Jezebels = Hope * She hoped/ was waiting for something to happen * P.299 * What happened to the previous offred –> suicide * Maybe worse * She’s indifferent * L.8) she = suspended, she doesn’t know what’s happening, she doesn’t care * L.10) she

    577 Mots / 3 Pages
  • Résumé Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing

    Résumé Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing

    Resum´e: Il s’agit d’une ´etude qui d´emontre le potentiel de Cloud Computing en 2009 pour transformer l’allure de l’industrie des TI. Le but de ce document est d’´expliquer la t´echnologie cloud computing et de fournir une formule simple qui quantifie la comparaison entre le cloud et l’informatique conventionnel, aussi d’identifier les obstacles et eles oppotunit´es technique et non technique du cloud computing. La vision des auteurs s’est devlopp´ee sur plusieurs ann´ees dans le laboratoire de

    398 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Anglais oral mythe et héros: how can an ordinary person make the world a better place and thus become a hero ?

    Anglais oral mythe et héros: how can an ordinary person make the world a better place and thus become a hero ?

    Myths and heroes. Gerard Way said once that heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. A hero is someone who is admired for his courage and outstanding qualities. His acts of heroism can be conveyed through shows, art, music, poetry, politics, etc. Some heroes can be real or imaginary, they can become myths. But to me, a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength/power/fame/wealth, etc, but by the strength of his

    1 145 Mots / 5 Pages
  • The new rise of biometric banking

    The new rise of biometric banking

    The new rise of biometric banking The document we are dealing with is an article entitled « The new rise of biometric banking». It was written by Padraig Belton Business reporter. It was realiased on March, 20th 2015 on the BBC new online website. The main topic is Banking technology with its advantages, its limits and the new technology of biometric. The first part focuses on the Touch ID fingerprint. Apple was one of the

    255 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Do you think we are on the way to such situations in à not-so-distant future?

    Do you think we are on the way to such situations in à not-so-distant future?

    Do you think we are on the way to such situations in à not-so-distant future? Science has evolved a much and it has improve living conditions of people but if we continue to always need more, is not the progress going to exceed the man? Nowadays we could make things incredible in all areas : food, animals, humans, plants,... Moreover the revolution of transport (every second, à plane takes off), medecine (medical advances, medicines, vaccines,

    306 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Show the diversity of cultures in Britain

    Show the diversity of cultures in Britain

    SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURES IN BRITAIN INTRO The notion I’m going to deal with is Places and exchanges. In order to illustrate it, I have chosen to talk about Britain and show its diversity of cultures. Firstly, I will concentrate on diversity in Britain, then I will talk about the links that exist between Britain and other countries. I. Diversity in Britain First of all, let me explain the origins of the British diversity.

    724 Mots / 3 Pages
  • The prostitution

    The prostitution

    INTRODUCTION I DEFINITION OF PROSTITUTION II THE CAUSES OF PROSTITUTION III THE-CONSEQUENCES-OF PROSTITUTION 1 Psychological consequence 2 Physical consequences 3 Social consequences IV THE SOLUTIONS OF PROSTITUTION CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION Prostitution –is defined as any sexual act in exchange for :money, drugs, services etc… It’ is a 'well knows phenomenon despite its prohibition by religion and the lows it is made, it's present everywhere in ,the world as -well in the developed and rich countries

    614 Mots / 3 Pages